After reading "Why We Believe Fake News" by BBC, the idea of people receiving their information from specifically selected sources is reinforced. I believe that people believe and know what they want to believe and know. An ignorant person can have impulse opinions and if they hear someone trying to "inform" them about a topic, they are more likely to believe that person. If a person has little to no awarness of something and there is sufficient information provided, then the person is more prone to believe that information is correct.
In the era of social media there is an abundance of false and true information, but the false information is being emphasized on more accessible platforms to the impressionable unaware people and are not filtered out. People are less likely to read a long article with a bunch of information, numbers, and a vernacular they do not understand, than to read a short article with an eye catching headline.
This is an epidemic. It is not acceptable to have people be uniformed on both political standpoints because it will allow for progress or a civil and logical conversation.
In the era of social media there is an abundance of false and true information, but the false information is being emphasized on more accessible platforms to the impressionable unaware people and are not filtered out. People are less likely to read a long article with a bunch of information, numbers, and a vernacular they do not understand, than to read a short article with an eye catching headline.
This is an epidemic. It is not acceptable to have people be uniformed on both political standpoints because it will allow for progress or a civil and logical conversation.
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